CUCUMBER & ZUCCHINI PLANTS INFORMATION
Zucchini and Cucumbers are in the cucurbit family of plants. Their leaves look similar but they grow very differently!
CUCUMBERS
GENERAL CUCUMBER INFORMATION
Cucumbers thrive in in an area with abundant sun and fertile, well-drained soil. When growing cucumbers without a trellis, plant 1-2 feet apart, when growing with a trellis, plant them 1 foot apart!
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Marketmore is a popular home-garden variety that matures to 8 to 9 inches long. It’s dark green and slender, maintaining its uniform color even under weather stress. This slicer cucumber is resistant to many diseases and has a sweet, mild flavor.
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Blocky, medium-length (3-5") fruits are good for fresh eating. They pickle well and have a distinctive, bright emerald green color. Vines are compact, multibranching, and yield well even under stress. Half normal-sized leaves provide easy visibility and harvesting.
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Especially flavorful when harvested small. Diva's seedless, thin-skinned cukes are distinctly crisp, sweet, and bitter-free. A fantastic variety for the home garden. Harvest at 5–7" sweet, mild flavor. Suseptible to insect pressure more than seeded.
ZUCCHINI
GENERAL ZUCCHINI INFORMATION
Zucchini needs full sun (at least 6 to 8 hours) and consistently moist soil that is high in organic matter. Plant 1-2 feet apart — the more room you give them, the bigger they will grow as they won’t be competing for nutrients!
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This year we used Desert variety for the green zucchini plants. Extra long and slender zucchini with dark green, almost-black coloring. Single-stemmed plants are sturdy and stems have few spines. Plants produce quickly and have good field resistance to disease.
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High-yielding plants with an open growth habit making it easy to harvest blemish-free fruit. Excellent disease resistance keeps the plant productive over a long season. Medium-dark yellow color.
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Traditional Italian heirloom with great flavor. This distinctive zucchini is medium gray-green, with pale green flecks and prominent ribs. Only about half the yield of hybrids, but much better flavor; clearly better textured, nutty, and delicious, raw or cooked. Also a good producer of heavy male blossoms for cooking.